The Prime Minister has set Twitter abuzz after a user posted what appears to be a Photoshopped effort to replace Scott Morrison's shoes on his official website.

The discovery, which is being described as "shoegate", appears to show a pair of white shoes poorly edited over the PM's original pair on the site pm.gov.au.

The original photo of Mr Morrison with his own shoes appears in his 2018 Christmas video, which was tweeted out on Christmas Eve.

The original picture, which was featured in the Prime Minister's Christmas video shows the real shoes. Credit:Twitter

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Many were quick to point out an error in the now-trending Photoshop effort, which appears to have a left shoe posted on the Prime Minister's right foot.

Another user suggested that perhaps it was not the shoes that were Photoshopped, but instead the Australian Prime Minister at the time.

A spokesperson for the PM said that the photo "was doctored by the department of PM&C (Prime Minister and Cabinet) without the knowledge of, or authorisation by, the PM or the PM's office," adding that "the PM likes his own shoes".

The site later appeared to revert to the original shoes.

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On Wednesday morning, the Prime Minister himself weighed into the "shoegate" debate with a message to his department.

"I didn't ask for the shoeshine, but if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair (lack thereof), not the feet!" he wrote.

Mr Morrison added the white sneakers with blue stripes were his "footwear of choice" whenever he was not wearing a suit.

The blunder was not the first time the Prime Minister has accidentally gone viral.

In September of last year, Mr Morrison was forced to delete and apologise after tweeting a video of Question Time played over Fatman Scoop’s track Be Faithful.

While not featured in Mr Morrison's 11-second video clip, many took to social media to discuss the explicit lyrics of the hip-hop song.

In October 2018, the Prime Minister's personal website was taken over by a prankster who claimed the domain license had not been renewed, and took the opportunity for the rock song "Scotty Doesn’t Know" to be played on the site.

Other prime ministers of the past have also had their brush with internet fame.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott tucked into a raw onion on March 13, 2015 during a farm visit in Tasmania, with video of the stunt spreading far and wide throughout the Twitterverse.

Mr Abbott has since described the incident as one of his greatest ministerial regrets.

Video of former prime minister Kevin Rudd also did the social rounds after he showed off his handball skills in 2013 at Brisbane State High School.